Author's Note: This one's mostly a filler. I haven't updated in awhile
because I'm suffering from a severe case of writer's block. This chapter
just tells about how the sisters are starting out to look for everyone's
favorite green guy when…well, yeah. I'm just gonna try and go from here…
I'm not expecting you to enjoy this one so much, so go ahead and flame me
if you want. ^_^ Hey, at least I'll know someone's reading this, right?
Disclaimer: same old same old…
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~Explorer~
Piccolo looked up from his meditation inquisitively as he sensed a very small pair of ki that had been meandering around all morning in his general direction. Only now, it seemed as though the initial wandering had ceased and they were advancing slowly towards him. Piccolo concentrated for a moment, thinking that he recognized one of them from somewhere, and then it hit him and he smirked. So…she came back after allPiccolo thought to himself as he closed his eyes and eased back into meditating position, his face erased of emotion. That means your little expedition yesterday was useless. He opened his eyes and looked thoughtful as he briefly wondered who the other might be and then shook his head and grunted as he rose to 'greet' them. I don't have time for this….
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They trudged aimlessly through the hot undergrowth panting and sweating badly in the summer heat. They had started out careful and quiet, trying to hide from view, but as the hours wore on, Kasei had become restless and paranoia began to sink in as she stumbled on through the thick brush leading her grumpy sister on.
"Kasei" Siriana whined as only a tired five year old can " When are we gonna stop? I'm hungry." Kasei rolled her eyes at her sister's complaint and glanced at her watch. It read 10:30. Kasei sighed as she pushed on, her boots loudly snapping twigs and rustling dead leaves as sweat trickled down her brow. Maybe I should have gone the other way… She thought as she stopped and looked around, pretty sure she was going in the right direction but agonizing at how long it was taking. She hadn't wanted to go back to the river the same short way she had gone before, even though it was a much easier, and more thoroughly tread path. Her fears of the tall stranger, having no wish to be realized, gave her the option of going the long way around—which she took. Kasei dropped her pack to the ground and then plopped down under the scant shade of a twisted old birch tree, pulling the water bottles out of her backpack. While not cold, they were still quite cool compared to the scorching weather, and she handed on to Siri, who had settled herself on a relatively bare area a few feet away. Hastily Kasei twisted off the cap and took a few grateful swallows, before pulling the bottle away with a slight slurping sound and exhaling as you would after taking a nice, satisfying drink. Siri was gulping hers down rapidly when Kasei glanced over and had almost finished half of the bottle. Kasei quickly screwed the lid back onto hers and put it in her bag so it would stay as cool as possible.
"Siri, don't drink too much of that now!" Kasei scolded. "You'll be wanting more later only to find you haven't got any." Siri felt like ignoring Kasei, but thought about it, and pulled her lips away. She twisted the cap on and handed it back to Kasei, who placed it in her pack and, zipping it up and swinging it onto her back, stood up and started brushing herself off. After a few more seconds of resting, Siri did the same.
"You still haven't told me where we're going Kasei." Siri whined as they started trekking again. Kasei sighed.
"We're, uh…going to see a friend." Kasei responded as she began whispering. " And, we're … going to sneak up on him, so you have to be really quiet, ok? We're almost there." Siri suddenly grew interested and crouched as she moved along behind Kasei.
"Ok." She whispered back. The two moved without talking for a few more minutes, brushing away flies and pushing tree limbs out of their faces. The sun was high in the sky and it was almost 11:00 when they finally reached the tree line. In front of them now, was a huge expanse of tall yellow grass, waving about in the slight breeze that they hadn't been able to feel in the forest. Kasei stopped and looked around trying to get her bearings He could be anywhere. She thought and then wanted to mentally kick herself. Kasei you are the biggest dolt in the world!! He probably already knows you're here. Her paranoia began to kick in again. Oh why did we come out here? This is all stupid!! Spinning around, Kasei Grabbed Siri's arm, and headed Northeast in the direction of the river.
"C'mon Siri….we're going back." Kasei said shakily.
"B-But," Siri stammered as she stumbled along behind Kasei trying to keep up and avoid being dragged. "Why?"
"Because we, uh…" Kasei glanced at her watch, which read 11:05 as she continued to stomp swiftly through the grasses. "Because we have to be home soon."
"Well can I…at least….walk…on…my own?!" Siri panted, sprinting to keep up with Kasei. Kasei stopped and dropped her sister's wrist.
"Sorry Siri." Kasei muttered apologetically. "But we need to be there soon, so please be quick." That said, Kasei spun on her heel and tromped back off though the tall straw-like grass, and with a swish she was gone. Siri had her hands on her knees and was bent over gasping for breath. When she heard Kasei's footsteps moving off she quickly looked up and her face whitened at the sight of endless tawny yellow stalks towering up all around her. Being only five, the grasses more that covered her view with their height of almost five feet.
"Kasei?" She called out quietly only to be answered by the rustle of the grasses as they brushed scratchily against one another in the wind.
"Kasei wait!! Where are you?" Siri called as she began to run, her heart pounding wildly in her chest for fear of being lost.
"Kasei!!" Tears formed in her eyes as she plunged blindly through the endless sea of yellow hoping to find her sister. As does the mind of most scared children, she began to wonder what would happen if she never found Kasei. Her mind lingered on how cold it got at night and what kinds of things would hurt in the dark when all of a sudden she ran smack into something hard and fell backwards onto her back. She bit her lip and put a hand to her head.
"Ow!" Siri cried as she looked up to see what obstruction she had found. Her eyes suddenly widened in shock and then she shrank back in terror with a gasp in fear at the silhouette of a tall dark being who's features she couldn't make out against the dark shadow caused by the sun. Siri screamed and scrambled on her hands and knees to get away. The figure just stood there, unmoving as she scampered backwards, disappearing with a swish of grasses. As soon as the tall dead stalks blocked her view of the dark man, she jumped up and ran as hard as she could, stumbling over roots and brushing aside the thick plant growth as she went.
"Kasei!!" She yelled with a choking sob in her throat as she fumbling along as fast as she could, her heart pummeling against her chest as tears began to glisten in her eyes. "Kasei!!"
The sounds of pounding feet and swishing plants could be heard quickly approaching the frightened child, accompanied by a worried voice.
"Siri?! Siri where are you?" The voice got louder and louder as did the thumping of shoes rapidly beating against earth. Suddenly Kasei burst through a wall of grass right next to Siri and she bent down and scooped her up into her arms quickly.
"Oh you scared me!" Kasei scolded as she hugged her shivering sibling, holding a hand behind Siri's head and pressing it into her shoulder as she embraced her. "Don't ever do that again!"
"Kasei, " She sniffed, still trembling as she pulled away from her sister, though still in her arms, her eyes brimming with wetness. "There was a scary man." Siri whimpered. Kasei knew in an instant who Siri was talking about and her eyes widened at the thought of him being nearby. Quickly she spun all around to look, but saw no one.
"W-what did he look like, Siri?" Kasei stammered quietly as she continued to nervously scan over the tops of the grass for who she assumed to be their pursuer.
"I couldn't see him." Came the muffled replied before Siri lifted her face from Kasei's shoulder and looked up. "Let's go home now." She sniveled in an upset tone as she stared at Kasei through watery eyes. "I'm scared. I wanna go home." Kasei sighed as she glanced out of the corner of her eye and nodded.
"Yeah. Me to." She stated quietly as she began to detach Siri from her body and put her down. Siri shrieked and kicked wildly to be let back up.
"No!" She cried in fright as Kasei complied and lifted her back up and she re-snuggled her head into Kasei's shoulder.
"It's alright," Kasei soothed in a hushed tone as she began to walk swiftly towards an area with which she was more familiar and soon recognized to be the river bank and quickened her pace before glancing at her watch. 11:20….we'll be there in no time. She thought as the land began to rise a little and the grass became sparser.
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Piccolo winced a little as the tiny five-year old beneath him screamed. He watched in annoyance as the girl crawled clumsily away in panic, sobbing pitifully. Pathetic…. He thought as he floated upwards looking around for the child's elder a look of sheer irritation playing on his features. He spotted the older girl, Kasei, not far off from her sister, working her way as quickly as possible towards the sound of the child's screams. Piccolo had initially intended to confront the girl and warn her not to bother him. Despite his odd and peaking curiosity, he suspected it was simply from lack of recent contact with anyone other than his fellow Chikyuu warriors and dismissed his uncharacteristic forwardness from the previous day as a fluke. Maybe she'll leave me alone from now on…. Piccolo thought as he sped away back towards his training grounds, in hopes of now succeeding with his meditation.
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I know that one was probably pretty boring as well, and I'm surprised at myself for the lack of Piccolo POV so far. Sorry. Hopefully that wont happen as often any more. I tried to make this one a little longer to make up for my lack of chapter update recently, but I'm not sure if it worked. ^^6 Anyhow, please don't be too fed up with this story yet!! It WILL get better, I promise! This fic and the following have a lot of action in them, but it just takes me awhile to get myself going that's all. ~.^ r/r please! I don't care if they're good or bad, it just keeps me writing to know ppl actually read my stuff!!
Disclaimer: same old same old…
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~Explorer~
Piccolo looked up from his meditation inquisitively as he sensed a very small pair of ki that had been meandering around all morning in his general direction. Only now, it seemed as though the initial wandering had ceased and they were advancing slowly towards him. Piccolo concentrated for a moment, thinking that he recognized one of them from somewhere, and then it hit him and he smirked. So…she came back after allPiccolo thought to himself as he closed his eyes and eased back into meditating position, his face erased of emotion. That means your little expedition yesterday was useless. He opened his eyes and looked thoughtful as he briefly wondered who the other might be and then shook his head and grunted as he rose to 'greet' them. I don't have time for this….
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They trudged aimlessly through the hot undergrowth panting and sweating badly in the summer heat. They had started out careful and quiet, trying to hide from view, but as the hours wore on, Kasei had become restless and paranoia began to sink in as she stumbled on through the thick brush leading her grumpy sister on.
"Kasei" Siriana whined as only a tired five year old can " When are we gonna stop? I'm hungry." Kasei rolled her eyes at her sister's complaint and glanced at her watch. It read 10:30. Kasei sighed as she pushed on, her boots loudly snapping twigs and rustling dead leaves as sweat trickled down her brow. Maybe I should have gone the other way… She thought as she stopped and looked around, pretty sure she was going in the right direction but agonizing at how long it was taking. She hadn't wanted to go back to the river the same short way she had gone before, even though it was a much easier, and more thoroughly tread path. Her fears of the tall stranger, having no wish to be realized, gave her the option of going the long way around—which she took. Kasei dropped her pack to the ground and then plopped down under the scant shade of a twisted old birch tree, pulling the water bottles out of her backpack. While not cold, they were still quite cool compared to the scorching weather, and she handed on to Siri, who had settled herself on a relatively bare area a few feet away. Hastily Kasei twisted off the cap and took a few grateful swallows, before pulling the bottle away with a slight slurping sound and exhaling as you would after taking a nice, satisfying drink. Siri was gulping hers down rapidly when Kasei glanced over and had almost finished half of the bottle. Kasei quickly screwed the lid back onto hers and put it in her bag so it would stay as cool as possible.
"Siri, don't drink too much of that now!" Kasei scolded. "You'll be wanting more later only to find you haven't got any." Siri felt like ignoring Kasei, but thought about it, and pulled her lips away. She twisted the cap on and handed it back to Kasei, who placed it in her pack and, zipping it up and swinging it onto her back, stood up and started brushing herself off. After a few more seconds of resting, Siri did the same.
"You still haven't told me where we're going Kasei." Siri whined as they started trekking again. Kasei sighed.
"We're, uh…going to see a friend." Kasei responded as she began whispering. " And, we're … going to sneak up on him, so you have to be really quiet, ok? We're almost there." Siri suddenly grew interested and crouched as she moved along behind Kasei.
"Ok." She whispered back. The two moved without talking for a few more minutes, brushing away flies and pushing tree limbs out of their faces. The sun was high in the sky and it was almost 11:00 when they finally reached the tree line. In front of them now, was a huge expanse of tall yellow grass, waving about in the slight breeze that they hadn't been able to feel in the forest. Kasei stopped and looked around trying to get her bearings He could be anywhere. She thought and then wanted to mentally kick herself. Kasei you are the biggest dolt in the world!! He probably already knows you're here. Her paranoia began to kick in again. Oh why did we come out here? This is all stupid!! Spinning around, Kasei Grabbed Siri's arm, and headed Northeast in the direction of the river.
"C'mon Siri….we're going back." Kasei said shakily.
"B-But," Siri stammered as she stumbled along behind Kasei trying to keep up and avoid being dragged. "Why?"
"Because we, uh…" Kasei glanced at her watch, which read 11:05 as she continued to stomp swiftly through the grasses. "Because we have to be home soon."
"Well can I…at least….walk…on…my own?!" Siri panted, sprinting to keep up with Kasei. Kasei stopped and dropped her sister's wrist.
"Sorry Siri." Kasei muttered apologetically. "But we need to be there soon, so please be quick." That said, Kasei spun on her heel and tromped back off though the tall straw-like grass, and with a swish she was gone. Siri had her hands on her knees and was bent over gasping for breath. When she heard Kasei's footsteps moving off she quickly looked up and her face whitened at the sight of endless tawny yellow stalks towering up all around her. Being only five, the grasses more that covered her view with their height of almost five feet.
"Kasei?" She called out quietly only to be answered by the rustle of the grasses as they brushed scratchily against one another in the wind.
"Kasei wait!! Where are you?" Siri called as she began to run, her heart pounding wildly in her chest for fear of being lost.
"Kasei!!" Tears formed in her eyes as she plunged blindly through the endless sea of yellow hoping to find her sister. As does the mind of most scared children, she began to wonder what would happen if she never found Kasei. Her mind lingered on how cold it got at night and what kinds of things would hurt in the dark when all of a sudden she ran smack into something hard and fell backwards onto her back. She bit her lip and put a hand to her head.
"Ow!" Siri cried as she looked up to see what obstruction she had found. Her eyes suddenly widened in shock and then she shrank back in terror with a gasp in fear at the silhouette of a tall dark being who's features she couldn't make out against the dark shadow caused by the sun. Siri screamed and scrambled on her hands and knees to get away. The figure just stood there, unmoving as she scampered backwards, disappearing with a swish of grasses. As soon as the tall dead stalks blocked her view of the dark man, she jumped up and ran as hard as she could, stumbling over roots and brushing aside the thick plant growth as she went.
"Kasei!!" She yelled with a choking sob in her throat as she fumbling along as fast as she could, her heart pummeling against her chest as tears began to glisten in her eyes. "Kasei!!"
The sounds of pounding feet and swishing plants could be heard quickly approaching the frightened child, accompanied by a worried voice.
"Siri?! Siri where are you?" The voice got louder and louder as did the thumping of shoes rapidly beating against earth. Suddenly Kasei burst through a wall of grass right next to Siri and she bent down and scooped her up into her arms quickly.
"Oh you scared me!" Kasei scolded as she hugged her shivering sibling, holding a hand behind Siri's head and pressing it into her shoulder as she embraced her. "Don't ever do that again!"
"Kasei, " She sniffed, still trembling as she pulled away from her sister, though still in her arms, her eyes brimming with wetness. "There was a scary man." Siri whimpered. Kasei knew in an instant who Siri was talking about and her eyes widened at the thought of him being nearby. Quickly she spun all around to look, but saw no one.
"W-what did he look like, Siri?" Kasei stammered quietly as she continued to nervously scan over the tops of the grass for who she assumed to be their pursuer.
"I couldn't see him." Came the muffled replied before Siri lifted her face from Kasei's shoulder and looked up. "Let's go home now." She sniveled in an upset tone as she stared at Kasei through watery eyes. "I'm scared. I wanna go home." Kasei sighed as she glanced out of the corner of her eye and nodded.
"Yeah. Me to." She stated quietly as she began to detach Siri from her body and put her down. Siri shrieked and kicked wildly to be let back up.
"No!" She cried in fright as Kasei complied and lifted her back up and she re-snuggled her head into Kasei's shoulder.
"It's alright," Kasei soothed in a hushed tone as she began to walk swiftly towards an area with which she was more familiar and soon recognized to be the river bank and quickened her pace before glancing at her watch. 11:20….we'll be there in no time. She thought as the land began to rise a little and the grass became sparser.
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Piccolo winced a little as the tiny five-year old beneath him screamed. He watched in annoyance as the girl crawled clumsily away in panic, sobbing pitifully. Pathetic…. He thought as he floated upwards looking around for the child's elder a look of sheer irritation playing on his features. He spotted the older girl, Kasei, not far off from her sister, working her way as quickly as possible towards the sound of the child's screams. Piccolo had initially intended to confront the girl and warn her not to bother him. Despite his odd and peaking curiosity, he suspected it was simply from lack of recent contact with anyone other than his fellow Chikyuu warriors and dismissed his uncharacteristic forwardness from the previous day as a fluke. Maybe she'll leave me alone from now on…. Piccolo thought as he sped away back towards his training grounds, in hopes of now succeeding with his meditation.
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I know that one was probably pretty boring as well, and I'm surprised at myself for the lack of Piccolo POV so far. Sorry. Hopefully that wont happen as often any more. I tried to make this one a little longer to make up for my lack of chapter update recently, but I'm not sure if it worked. ^^6 Anyhow, please don't be too fed up with this story yet!! It WILL get better, I promise! This fic and the following have a lot of action in them, but it just takes me awhile to get myself going that's all. ~.^ r/r please! I don't care if they're good or bad, it just keeps me writing to know ppl actually read my stuff!!